Life History

Notes

• U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989
  San Antonio, Texas, City Directory, 1887, p 103
  Harmon W Briscoe groceries, feed [business address] 299 S Laredo cor San Luis, r[esidence] same [no wife rptd]
  
  Thje entry in the directory above matches the child reported in famliy genealogies as Hannon W Briscoe, born about 1855, one of the sons of James Briscoe and hsi second wife Margaret (Peggy) Parker Knauls.  He was reported in the 1860 census as a daughter named Hannah.  The last child reported in the 1860 Briscoe blended family was Joseph W Briscoe, age 3, matching the second child of Peggy and James reported by the Briscoe genealogy.
  
  Hannon W Briscoe
  Born 1855 in Arkansas
  Parents:
  James Warren Briscoe, Born 1804 in Virginia, Died December 1,1862 in Sevier Co., Arkansas
  Margarett Knauls (Nobles) (Naules) the widow of Taplay Knauls (Knolls)
  They had two sons, Hannon W and Joseph Wallis
  She was born Abt 1816 in Tenn and died July 4,1876 in Sevier Co Ark
  No marriage, his will in Bexar Co Texas gave his property to his brother Joseph
  --  Briscoe Genealogy, http://www.briscoe-fam.com/James_w_briscoe/Hannon.htm
  
  1860 Federal Census, Sevier County, Arkansas, 31 July, Madison Township, PO Centerpoint, page 105, Hse #762, Fam #737
  James W Briscoe 56 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate $1700 Personal Estate  born Virginia [born abt 1804]
  Margarett Briscoe 45 F Tennessee [born abt 1815]
  Bethenee Knolles 15 F born Alabama [born abt 1845]
  Charles Knolles 12 M born Alabama [born abt 1848]
  Benjamin Knolles 11 M born Alabama [born abt 1849]
  James M Briscoe 11 M born Arkansas [born abt 1849]
  George W Briscoe 9 M born Arkansas [born abt 1851]
  Hannah [Hannon] W Briscoe 5 F born Arkansas [born abt 1855]
  Joseph W Briscoe 3 M born Arkansas [born abt 1857]
  
  Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
  H W Briscoe
  1893 Bexar County, Texas

Sources

• 1. Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
  • 1893
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Sevier County, Arkansas
  • 31 July, Madison Township, PO Centerpoint, page 105, Hse #762, Fam #737
• 3. Briscoe Family Genealogy
• 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • San Antonio, Texas, City Directory, 1887, p 103